Obscuris Vera Involvens

May 18

Martin Schongauer - The Harrowing of Hell. N.d., 1470-1490

Martin Schongauer - The Harrowing of Hell. N.d., 1470-1490

Master of Dreux Budé - The Harrowing of Hell (detail of central altarpiece panel, The Crucifixion). 1490s 

Master of Dreux Budé - The Harrowing of Hell (detail of central altarpiece panel, The Crucifixion). 1490s 

Aubrey Beardsley - Illustration for Act II of Richard Wagner’s opera Siegfried. 1892-93

Aubrey Beardsley - Illustration for Act II of Richard Wagner’s opera Siegfried. 1892-93

Jan Lievens - Christ on the Cross. N.d.

Jan Lievens - Christ on the Cross. N.d.

May 17

Stradanus - Illustration for Dante’s Inferno, Canto 31. 1587

Stradanus - Illustration for Dante’s Inferno, Canto 31. 1587

“I have my own matches and sulphur, and I’ll make my own hell.” — Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed

May 16

Herri met de Bles - The Paradise. 1541-1550

Herri met de Bles - The Paradise. 1541-1550

Unknown French Master - Judgment of the Dead (the folio is from the so-called “Grandes Heures de Rohan” executed by the Master of the Rohan Prayer-book. 1418 

Unknown French Master - Judgment of the Dead (the folio is from the so-called “Grandes Heures de Rohan” executed by the Master of the Rohan Prayer-book. 1418 

Cornelis Galle - The Hunting Parties. Indians Catching Ducks with Pumpkins (after Jan van der Straet). 1596

Cornelis Galle - The Hunting Parties. Indians Catching Ducks with Pumpkins (after Jan van der Straet). 1596